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King Lear (Russian: Король Лир, romanized: Korol Lir), Op. 137, is a film score composed by Dmitri Shostakovich for the 1971 film King Lear by Grigori Kozintsev, based on Shakespeare's tragedy. It is Shostakovich's last completed film score.
King Lear, George Frederick Bensell. The Tragedy of King Lear, often shortened to King Lear, is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare. It is loosely based on the mythological Leir of Britain. King Lear, in preparation for his old age, divides his power and land between his daughters Goneril and Regan, who pay homage to gain favour, feigning ...
King Lear (Russian: Король Лир, romanized: Korol Lir) is a 1971 Soviet drama film directed by Grigori Kozintsev, based on William Shakespeare's play King Lear. The film uses Boris Pasternak's translation of the play, while the Fool's songs are translated by Samuil Marshak. It was Kozintsev's last completed film.
Op. 116: Music to the film Hamlet after Shakespeare for orchestra (1963–1964) Op. 120: Music to the film A Year is Like a Lifetime for orchestra (1965) Op. 132: Music to the film Sofiya Perovskaya (1967) Op. 137: Music to the film King Lear after Shakespeare (1970) Music to the film Gogoliad after Gogol (1973; unfinished)
In King Lear, Godard slowed the music down and electronically manipulated it [86] so that the only easily identifiable extract is from the second movement (in 3/4 time, from around bar 120). At the very start of the film the music is heard playing at about half speed, but most of the time it is played back even slower as a low background dirge.
Leir was a legendary king of the Britons whose story was recounted by Geoffrey of Monmouth in his pseudohistorical 12th-century History of the Kings of Britain. [1] According to Geoffrey's genealogy of the British dynasty, Leir reigned around the 8th century BC, around the time of the founding of Rome.
“Norman Lear here, dribbling a bit because he’s entering his second childhood,” the sitcom titan cracks in the video below. “I have just turned 101, and that is, they tell me, my second ...
King Lear is a 1971 British film adaptation of the Shakespeare play directed by Peter Brook and starring Paul Scofield. [1] Filmed in stark black-and-white, the film was inspired by the absurdist theatre of playwrights such as Samuel Beckett and upon release was noted for its bleak tone and wintry atmosphere.